serialadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əl/us/ˈsɪr.i.əl/serial adjective [ before noun ] (CRIMINAL/CRIME)
C1 used to describe a person who repeatedly commits a similar crime or carries out a similar bad act, or the crime or act itself:
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- a serial abuser
- serial abuse of children
- a serial bomber
- a serial sex offender
- a serial murderer
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Continually & repeatedly
- 24/7
- ad nauseam
- again
- alway
- always
- clock
- constant
- hour
- hour after hour idiom
- hourly
- immemorial
- interval
- morning
- morning, noon, and night idiom
- periodicity
- perpetual
- perpetually
- persistent
- quick-fire
- streak
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serial adjective [ before noun ] (STORY)
broadcast or published in several separate parts, one after another:
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Simultaneous and consecutive
- accompany
- all the while idiom
- along
- along the way idiom
- alternate
- go
- in rotation idiom
- in tandem idiom
- in the process idiom
- live
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once
- over
- synchronous
- tandem
- the minute (that) idiom
- through
- throughout
- together
- under
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serial adjective [ before noun ] (COMPUTING)
specialized computing sending information one bit (= unit of information) at a time:
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Operating computers
- aliasing
- always-on
- black hat
- BMP
- caps lock (key)
- computerize
- cut
- dump
- enter
- fire
- format
- hacker
- key sth in
- keyboarder
- punch
- roll (sth) over sth
- scroll bar
- title bar
- touchscreen
- zip
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serial adjective [ before noun ] (ORDER)
formal arranged one after another:
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Simultaneous and consecutive
- accompany
- all the while idiom
- along
- along the way idiom
- alternate
- go
- in rotation idiom
- in tandem idiom
- in the process idiom
- live
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once
- over
- synchronous
- tandem
- the minute (that) idiom
- through
- throughout
- together
- under
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serialnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əl/us/ˈsɪr.i.əl/C1 a story on television or radio or in a newspaper, etc. that is broadcast or printed in separate parts:
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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- agony column
- back pages
- banner headline
- bulletin
- column
- comic strip
- dateline
- double(-page) spread
- editorial
- exclusive
- filler
- funny
- lead 1
- leader
- masthead
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- pullout
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